首都和闪电面对在他们的最后一个常规赛比赛, 寻求季后赛的势头后最近的胜利. The Capitals and Lightning face off in their final regular-season game, both seeking playoff momentum after recent wins.

Tampa Bay Lightning和华盛顿首府在最后的定期赛中相会, 两者都赢得了情感胜利。 The Tampa Bay Lightning and Washington Capitals meet in their final regular-season game, both coming off emotional wins. 首都击败了Canadiens 8 - 4, Alex Ovechkin赢得了第33届职业帽戏法, Ethen Frank 和 Dylan Strome 每人记录了四个点; Strome对失去新生儿女儿表示悲痛。 The Capitals beat the Canadiens 8-4, with Alex Ovechkin scoring his 33rd career hat trick and Ethen Frank and Dylan Strome each recording four points; Strome expressed distress over missing his newborn daughter’s birth. Ovechkin在40岁或40岁以上的四场比赛中仅成为第二位得六分球的球员。 Ovechkin became only the second player to score six goals in four games at age 40 or older. 闪电队在加时赛中以2比1击败了油工队,杰克·根特泽尔得分,尼克·保罗获得了200个职业积分;安德烈·瓦西列夫斯基做出了一个关键的救援. The Lightning edged the Oilers 2-1 in overtime, with Jake Guentzel scoring the winner and Nick Paul reaching 200 career points; Andrei Vasilevskiy made a key save. 坦帕队队长维克多·赫德曼缺阵数周，其他关键球员也受伤。 Tampa remains without captain Victor Hedman, who is out weeks, and other key players are injured. 首都尽管取得了进攻性的成功,但在东部仍然不一致,对会议队的记录为6-6-2,对大西洋分部的记录为2-4-1。 The Capitals, despite offensive success, remain inconsistent in the East, with a 6-6-2 record against conference teams and 2-4-1 against the Atlantic Division. 这两个小组的目标是将势头带到后季。 Both teams aim to carry momentum into the postseason.